Clint Eastwood Chrysler commercial

**rb336** · February-05-12, 08:26 PM

I recall Clint saying very similar things about Detroit doing the press stuff for Gran Torino.

**renf** · February-05-12, 08:29 PM

I was impressed by the ad. The "Imported from Detroit" theme continues with Fiat-Chrysler.

**Wesley Mouch** · February-05-12, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by renf

I was impressed by the ad. The "Imported from Detroit" theme continues with Fiat-Chrysler.

Add in Madonna and the Big Boy statue, and Detroit's a triple-threat.

Occurrence · February-05-12, 08:49 PM

Oh great, another cliched commercial to get some of the sheeple here to break out in tears.

If Chrysler is so proud of the city, why don't they move their corporate headquarters back?

**313WX** · February-05-12, 10:00 PM

Originally Posted by Occurrence

Oh great, another cliched commercial to get some of the sheeple here to break out in tears.

If Chrysler is so proud of the city, why don't they move their corporate headquarters back?

Well stated.

**adamjab19** · February-05-12, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by Occurrence

Oh great, another cliched commercial to get some of the sheeple here to break out in tears.

If Chrysler is so proud of the city, why don't they move their corporate headquarters back?

Oh great. Another poster poo-pooing a commercial that makes the whole city and SURROUNDING area look good. It goes both ways.

Maybe it's an ode to regionalism?

**detroitpride313** · February-05-12, 10:21 PM

Originally Posted by Occurrence

If Chrysler is so proud of the city, why don't they move their corporate headquarters back?

I agree completely, but at least they are showing Detroit in a positive light even if it's not 100% sincere.

**rjlj** · February-06-12, 12:37 AM

Typical divisive comments. Nice commercial. I am glad Fiat didn't decide to close up shop in Michigan and move everything abroad. FYI, the greatest deciding factor for a company to decide where they are going to locate is going where the talent is.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...text|FRONTPAGE

Originally Posted by Occurrence

Oh great, another cliched commercial to get some of the sheeple here to break out in tears.

If Chrysler is so proud of the city, why don't they move their corporate headquarters back?

**DetroitPlanner** · February-06-12, 08:24 AM

Originally Posted by Occurrence

Oh great, another cliched commercial to get some of the sheeple here to break out in tears.

If Chrysler is so proud of the city, why don't they move their corporate headquarters back?

If you want to split hairs that finely, Chrysler never had an HQ of any signifigance in Detroit. Detroit is a region it is not simply defined by imaginary lines running down 8 Mile, 5 Points, West Parkway or Alter

**BEEAH** · February-07-12, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by Occurrence

Oh great, another cliched commercial to get some of the sheeple here to break out in tears.

If Chrysler is so proud of the city, why don't they move their corporate headquarters back?

Because relocating 12,000 people from the second largest office building in the world 30 miles would cost billions of dollars. Thats a stupid idea...

There was already rumors about Chrylser snagging some office space downtown somewhere.

I'm proud of my city and I don't live in it, do I have to move to prove I care?

**Novine** · February-07-12, 10:57 PM

"What lies ahead in the second half? Apparently all that matters is that Scott Walker gets recalled, the President wins a second term, taxpayers forget about that $1.3 billion and everyone just keeps on believing that "Detroit’s showing us it can be done".

Last time I checked, it wasn't GM or Chrysler that was responsible for blowing up the US economy. That's the responsibility of the geniuses on Wall Street who took hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars, used that money to boost their bottom lines and showered themselves with massive bonuses and haven't done anything to clean up their act while acting as if they did nothing wrong. In comparison, the sins of GM and Chrysler pale in comparison. But Wall Street workers aren't represented by a union so the right-wing couldn't care less.

**313WX** · February-08-12, 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by BEEAH

Because relocating 12,000 people from the second largest office building in the world 30 miles would cost billions of dollars. Thats a stupid idea...

Yet it wasn't a stupid idea when they wanted nothing to do with Detroit or its enclave and they built this expensive office in what was the middle of nowhere back in the 1980s.

Nice double standard there...

**downtownguy** · February-05-12, 08:49 PM

Chrysler does it again!

Occurrence · February-05-12, 10:10 PM

But the whole city doesn't look good. Have you drivin around lately or heard about the possibility of a "financial manager"?

**Orthophonic** · February-05-12, 10:29 PM

Ad - pretty good though it didn't grab me the way last year's did. Where was my favorite coney? The city shot about 15 seconds in Manhattan, I think. Best product placement was the Jeep fender at about 1:20 - unmistakable.

And regardless of the content/message of the commercial, I do agree Chrysler should put some more of itself back in HP and/or Detroit - something substantial. But I don't see it happening this millennium. At least they have been hiring people, which makes Brooks Patterson happy.

But overall I am glad to see some good Detroit coverage. I was watching this in a bar in Indianapolis and it got some applause from the patrons. To be fair, the commercial with the little dog winning the race against the greyhounds got more applause, but this one got some as well.

**rb336** · February-05-12, 10:45 PM

Originally Posted by Orthophonic

I do agree Chrysler should put some more of itself back in HP and/or Detroit - something substantial. But I don't see it happening this millennium. At least they have been hiring people, which makes Brooks Patterson happy..

http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...s-office-space

**fastcarsandfreedom** · February-05-12, 10:49 PM

how very sad...two years in a row our city/region is the centerpiece of a major commercial...one that paints this city/region in a positive light...unlike the drumbeat of negativity that has dominated popular media for so many years and here we are griping about the fact that this company-which employs thousands of people locally-is based in Auburn Hills and not "Detroit" - until we all recognize that we are much more as a region than the sum of our parts I'm not entirely sure we deserve prosperity.

**One Shot** · February-05-12, 10:57 PM

Didn't do it for me the way last years did. Kinda thinned out the Detroit aspect I thought. Watched last years and it still gives me chills.

**Lowell** · February-05-12, 11:00 PM

Originally Posted by fastcarsandfreedom

how very sad...two years in a row our city/region is the centerpiece of a major commercial...one that paints this city/region in a positive light...unlike the drumbeat of negativity that has dominated popular media for so many years and here we are griping about the fact that this company-which employs thousands of people locally-is based in Auburn Hills and not "Detroit" - until we all recognize that we are much more as a region than the sum of our parts I'm not entirely sure we deserve prosperity.

Amen^ to that. We are one big international city. Chrysler's comeback and survival is good news for all of us, both sides of 8 Mile, both sides of the straits. The sooner we embrace that reality the quicker our comeback and healing will occur. We have a long way to come back but we are in the right direction. So I say, let's celebrate these moments.

**Cinderpath** · February-05-12, 11:25 PM

Chrysler *IS* in Detroit, with thousands of jobs. Have you by chance ever heard of Jefferson Ave Assembly? Seriously. Yes Fiat inherited a company with an HQ that happens to be able go from design to prototype in Auburn Hills. Be happy they never moved it to Germany or Torino, Italy. I don't get the idiotic hate on this list about arbitrary borders. Don't you realize its about us against a global economy, not Detroit vs. Troy. Did you listen to Clint's message: divided we fall. Grow up, or get out of the way.

**iheartthed** · February-06-12, 10:17 AM

Originally Posted by Cinderpath

Chrysler *IS* in Detroit, with thousands of jobs. Have you by chance ever heard of Jefferson Ave Assembly? Seriously. Yes Fiat inherited a company with an HQ that happens to be able go from design to prototype in Auburn Hills. Be happy they never moved it to Germany or Torino, Italy. I don't get the idiotic hate on this list about arbitrary borders. Don't you realize its about us against a global economy, not Detroit vs. Troy. Did you listen to Clint's message: divided we fall. Grow up, or get out of the way.

Good point. Chrysler is the largest private employer in Detroit.

But I didn't really care for the commercial. I think it was missing a little bit of the edge from last year.

**East Detroit** · February-05-12, 10:44 PM

Great commercial.

Chrysler is still in Detroit. You know... the Detroit that encompasses our region. Not the manufactured bullshit divisive nonsense political boundaries that naysayers like to cling to in order to aid us in self-hatred and cause more steps backward... and some "leaders" like to play up to keep the sheep fighting each other. Chrysler could be in Germany or Italy, but they aren't.

**Vic_doucette** · February-05-12, 11:24 PM

They're trying to sell cars. Period.

Ravine · February-05-12, 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by Vic_doucette

They're trying to sell cars. Period.

Bullshit. Commercials that are "trying to sell cars. Period" use the voice-over to make the car sound sexy & smart, not to make a city sound gutsy & persevering.

Ravine · February-05-12, 11:30 PM

Goddam, it ain't like Chrysler abandoned Detroit by having their national headquarters in Auburn Hills. They stick a little spot, speaking positively of Detroit, into the middle of the Super Bowl, and somehow that's a piss-off, it's offensive or irritating?
Shit, not even I am that burdensomely negative & cynical.